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Europe > Latvia > Labor

LATVIAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural workers > Female 14% [20th of 77]
Agricultural workers > Male 17% [30th of 78]
Compensation of employees > % of expense 15.72 % Time series [50th of 97]
Compensation of employees > current LCU 413300000 Time series
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 15-19 25.56 [129th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 20-24 80.83 [31st of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 25-29 92.53 [16th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 30-34 95.43 [9th of 165]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 35-39 95.82 [8th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 40-44 95.23 [9th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 45-49 94.47 [4th of 163]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 50-54 89.98 [9th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 55-59 65.05 [74th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 60-64 41.27 [102nd of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 65 plus 14.04 [112nd of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 15-19 27.7 [130th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 20-24 81.27 [109th of 166]
Economic activity > Men aged 25-29 95.52 [78th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 30-34 97.09 [96th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 35-39 97.06 [112nd of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 40-44 95.68 [134th of 163]
Economic activity > Men aged 45-49 95.44 [103rd of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 50-54 92.4 [94th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 55-59 85.25 [88th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 60-64 52.73 [118th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 20.35 [113rd of 162]
Economic activity > Women aged 15-19 23.45 [115th of 164]
Economic activity > Women aged 20-24 80.4 [15th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 25-29 89.61 [12th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 30-34 93.78 [7th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 35-39 94.65 [8th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 40-44 94.83 [4th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 45-49 93.63 [3rd of 161]
Economic activity > Women aged 50-54 88.02 [8th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 55-59 49.87 [65th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 60-64 33.24 [66th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus 11.14 [81st of 167]
Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment 8.1 % Time series [22nd of 86]
Employees, agriculture, male > % of male employment 15.3 % Time series [22nd of 86]
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 16.2 % Time series [23rd of 86]
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 34.9 % Time series [19th of 86]
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 74.8 % Time series [34th of 86]
Employees, services, male > % of male employment 49 % Time series [36th of 86]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 12.1 % Time series [25th of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment 25.8 % Time series [23rd of 94]
Employment in services > % of total employment 61.8 % Time series [35th of 94]
Female decision makers 37% [7th of 67]
Female economic activity 60% [53rd of 156]
Female economic activity growth -5% [156th of 156]
Female professionals 67% [2nd of 68]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 17.3 weeks of wages Time series [132nd of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 62.99 % Time series [65th of 184]
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64 71.86 % Time series [170th of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 67.26 % Time series [113rd of 184]
force with primary education > % of total 17.6 % Time series [27th of 48]
force with secondary education > % of total 62.4 % Time series [6th of 51]
force with tertiary education > % of total 19.9 % Time series [25th of 52]
force, female > % of total labor force 48.67 % Time series [15th of 184]
force, total 1,093,094 Time series [136th of 184]
    force, total (per capita) 0.475 per capita Time series [61st of 184]
Industrial workers > Female 18% [26th of 79]
Industrial workers > Male 35% [25th of 79]
Labor force 1,167,000 Time series [102nd of 132]
    Labor force (per capita) 516,415.097 per million people Time series [35th of 131]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 15%, industry 25%, services 60%
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 13% Time series [15th of 32]
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 19% Time series [19th of 29]
Labor force > By occupation > Services 68% Time series [9th of 29]
Long-term unemployment > % of total unemployment 51.5 % Time series [8th of 48]
Long-term unemployment, female > % of female unemployment 52.8 % Time series [9th of 46]
Long-term unemployment, male > % of male unemployment 50.5 % Time series [6th of 46]
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Date June 2, 2006
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Minimum age 15 [56th of 146]
Parental leave > Paid paternity leave 10 calendar days
Regulation 62 [26th of 123]
Regulation > Employment Conditions 87 [27th of 123]
Regulation > Firing 42 [50th of 123]
Regulation > Hiring 58 [33rd of 123]
regulations > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 3.47 % Time series [26th of 39]
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date January 27, 1992
Rigidity of employment index 59 Time series [20th of 166]
Service workers > Female 69% [52nd of 79]
Service workers > Male 49% [44th of 79]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 53.2 % Time series [5th of 174]
skills > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 17.82 % Time series [7th of 38]
Technicians in R&D > per million people 318.43 per million people Time series [24th of 49]
Total work time > Females 535 minutes [7th of 29]
Total work time > Females over males 111% [12th of 29]
Total work time > Males 481 minutes [6th of 29]
Unemployment rate 5.7% Time series [54th of 107]
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 70.7 % Time series [3rd of 71]
Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment 66.6 % Time series [6th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education > % of total unemployment 8.8 % Time series [28th of 77]
Unemployment with tertiary education, female > % of female unemployment 10.2 % Time series [24th of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education, male > % of male unemployment 7.5 % Time series [24th of 71]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 8.4 % Time series [6th of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 9 % Time series [5th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 8.7 % Time series [5th of 101]
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 14.2 % Time series [35th of 77]
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 11.9 % Time series [42nd of 77]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 13 % Time series [38th of 77]
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required 4 weeks
Work time > Market-oriented 46% [28th of 29]
Work time > Non-market-oriented 54% [6th of 29]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 20,000,000 $ Time series [107th of 149]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per $ GDP) 1.264 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [112nd of 166]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per capita) 8.694 $ per 1,000 people Time series [86th of 167]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 381,000,000 $ Time series [81st of 156]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per $ GDP) 24.074 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [65th of 165]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per capita) 165.616 $ per capita Time series [36th of 167]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 1,600,000 BoP $ Time series [92nd of 115]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per $ GDP) 0.101 BoP $ per $1 million of Time series [90th of 142]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per capita) 0.696 BoP $ per 1,000 people Time series [93rd of 143]

SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; World Development Indicators database; Economic activity rate and economically active population, by sex, thirteen age groups, 1950-2010 (ILO estimates and projections) are data from the International Labour Union (ILO). Source details: ILO, Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, fourth edition, diskette database (Geneva, 1997). The latest set of estimates and projections covering the period 1950-2010 (4th edition) was released by ILO in December 1996. These data are updated every five-ten years by ILO and a new set of these data is in preparation; calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002; calculated on the basis of data on the economically active population and total population from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Minimum Age Convention, 1973 ; Wikipedia: Parental leave ; The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference.; The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference; Wikipedia: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 ; Harvey, Andrew S. 1995 ?Market and Non-Market Productive Activity in Less Developed and Developing Countries: Lessons from Time Use.? Background Paper for Human Development Report 1995. United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report, Goldshmidt-Clermont, Luisella, and Elisabetta Pagnossin Aligisakis. 1995. ?Measures of Unrecorded Economic Activities in Fourteen Countries.? Background paper for Human Development Report; Wikipedia: Vacation

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